Offering the Russian president a face-saving compromise will only enable future aggression.
Author: Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic
World War II Is All That Putin Has Left
The regime offers Russians little more than selective memories of Soviet-era military triumph.
Liberation Without Victory in Ukraine
In a wide-ranging conversation at his compound in Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tells The Atlantic what Ukraine needs to survive-and describes the price it has paid.
Why Democracies Must Fight Against Autocracies
Unless democracies defend themselves, the forces of autocracy will destroy them.
Ukraine Must Win
Ukrainians and the world’s democratic powers must work toward the only acceptable endgame.
America Needs a Better Plan To Fight Autocracy
By enabling Putin and other global kleptocrats, the West undermined democracy. It’s time to change tactics.
Why the West’s Diplomacy With Russia Keeps Failing
A profound failure of the Western imagination has brought Europe to the brink of war.